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Initial release
  
2004

Producer
  
Eric Chaikin

Duration
  

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Documentary, Comedy

Initial DVD release
  
April 5, 2005

Language
  
English

Word Wars movie poster

Cast
  
Mike Birbiglia
(Himself),
Joe Edley
(Himself),
Matt Graham
(Himself),
Marlon Hill
(Himself),
Joel Sherman
(Himself),
Aldo Cardia
(Himself)

Director
  
Eric Chaikin Julian Petrillo

Directors
  
Eric Chaikin, Julian Petrillo

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Tagline
  
This Is NOT Your Grandmother's Game Of Scrabble.

Word wars


Word Wars is a 2004 documentary film directed by Eric Chaikin and Julian Petrillo about competitive Scrabble playing. Its full title is: Word Wars - Tiles and Tribulations on the Scrabble Circuit. The film was an official selection at the 2004 Sundance film festival, had a 25-city theatrical run, was included as part of the Discovery Times Channel's "Screening Room" series, and was nominated for numerous awards including a 2004 Documentary Emmy for "Best Artistic or Cultural Programming" and an International Documentary Association (IDA) Award. The film is distributed by 7th Art Releasing.

Contents

Word Wars movie scenes

The film follows four players in the nine months leading up to the 2002 National Scrabble Championship, which was held in San Diego, California: Joe Edley, Matt Graham, Marlon Hill, and Joel Sherman. These players also appear in Stefan Fatsis's book Word Freak, as does Chaikin. Fatsis and Chaikin are both tournament Scrabble players themselves.

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Word wars official trailer


Soundtrack

  • E Wolf & the Moneylenders - "Paralyzed" (Written by Chalkin & Haber)
  • Your Mom - "The One" (Written by Your Mom)
  • The Minutemen - "Do You Want New Wave (Or Do You Want the Truth)" (Written by Mike Watt)
  • The Minutemen - "The Glory of Man" (Written by Mike Watt)
  • Andrew Chalkin & Austin Willacy - "Across the Universe" (Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney)
  • Joel Sherman - "Across the Universe" (Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney)
  • References

    Word Wars Wikipedia
    Word Wars IMDb Word Wars themoviedb.org